live and let live

I'm so sick and tired of having to not be myself, just so I can get people's approval.
And I'm disgusted with the way that the general human population thinks it's okay to criticize and judge others for their choices, words, or actions.

No one, and I mean absolutely no one, has the right to involve themselves in my life unless I let them or ask them to. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but no one can claim superiority over me just because my life isn't like theirs.

Who said that I have to fit your conformist ideal of life? Who said I need to adjust to your preconceived notions of what success is? What's important is that I fit MY ideals and goals, not yours.

So what - I drink. I smoke. I don't go to church.

Send me to hell then. If I cared, I wouldn't do any of it.

I don't believe anymore in what other people say. I don't agree with the way that I've been brainwashed all my life to believe stereotypes. I've pushed people away because of my foolish ignorance and submissiveness to society's imposing ways. I used to be convinced that all people who drank and smoked and who didn't go to college were all failures.

Then I quickly realized that I was the failure for being so judgemental and hateful. I was so full of hate, pushing away the people I loved the most because I felt there was something wrong with them. In essence, there was something wrong with me. Everyone is different. Everyone is programed differently. Not everybody comes out the way that the world expects them to, and that's alright.

The only thing that matters really is happiness. As long as I'm happy with myself, then everyone should be. Just accept me, with my flaws and all.

I may not be the picture perfect saint. I may not always have the brightest ideas, the wisest opinions, or make the smartest actions, but I do try to be a good person - morally.

I work hard. I give my all to everyone. I put up with a lot of crap, and I keep quiet when quiet is necessary. I try to be a good person, offering myself to those who need it or could use it. That's really all that should matter.

Just because I don't pray, doesn't mean I don't have hope. Just because I don't follow a religion doesn't mean I don't have a belief. I wish people would just take a step down from their pedistles, and see the world for what it is, not for what it should be, or for what it isn't.

Just take everything in and accept it. We only have one life to live anyways, so we have to make the most of it.